Improvement in augerrhandles



` UNITED STATES DANIEL Yi. SMITH, .OE .IOLOIEL- ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT INAUGERp-HANDLES;

Specificationforming part of Letters Patent No. 50,0415, dated September19, 1865.

To all whom it may concern Be it know that I, D. Y.. SMITH, of Joliet,

'in the county of IVill and State of Il1inois,have

invented crtain new and useful Improvements in AugerV l.iandleFasteuings; and I do hereby declare 'thefollowing to be a'full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had totheaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, in which-Figur lrepresents a top plan of the handle and auger-shankfasteningtherein, and Fig. 2 representsa ver-tical cross-section throughth Same.'

Similar letters ot' reference, where they Occur inthe separate figures,denotelike parts, in both.-

I am aware that a cylinder or band to turn on the auger-handle andvfurnished with Openings or slots to allow the head of the augershank topass through and then to take under the shoulders or iieck of theshankhave been used; butfthis fastening simply has no provision fortakingup the-wear Ot' the shank or its socket, and soon becomes looseand shlackling and comparatively useless, as the handle gives nosteadiness'to the'aligerrand the user has no control over the auger, soas to b ore straight holes'ordo neat work. l

[My invention consists in making` a cam'- swell on the band that marginsthe slotin the band which takes the neck ofthe auger-shank, so that asthe shank 'or socket wears it only y becomes necessary -to turn the handa, little handle B, and so arranged upon the handle as.

that it may be 'turned thereon', and for the facility of turningit has amilled flangefcaupon it. This band A, on the upper side of the handle B,has a squarecpening, cut through it',otthe proper dimensions to admitthe head c of the auger-shank C to snugly pass through it, and from thisOpening b a slot, d, extends circumterentiallythat will just take theneck e of thev auger-shank. A cam-swell, f, margins this slot d, so thatby continuing to turn the band these cam ledges or swellsf, taking I.underthe shouldersof the anger-shank head,v

drawl up theshank and tightly hold it to the handle. Diametricallyopncsw the opening b and slot d in the band A tuercas another slot, g,to allow the band to turn afterthe auger-shank is 'passed up through-the handle. The inortise through the wood of the handle may be `justOt' the size necessary to receive the shank.

` i. u n rIhe Operation is obvious. Byinserting the shank and turningthe band the augeris tightly secured to the handle. By turning the bandin the opposite directiomit is loosened and may be removed. Thecani-.swell that niargins the slot dtak'es up alI'wear between the shankand its socket, vand thus makes the too always -available andcontrollable.

Small steel wires may be placed-underthe band, both to prevent it fromwearing away `(the wood and to keep it 'on the handle when the shank isout.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is In combinationwith the 'auger shank-and head and the handle and slotted turning band,l

the cam swell orledge margining the. slot d, so as to compensate for.and take up all the wear between the shankand its socket and hold theauger always tightly to its handle,' substantially as described.

DANIEL Y. SMITH.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN RICHARDSON, W. W. STEVENs.

